Reviews

Lucien's Story by Amy Ewing

michelle8731's review against another edition

4.0

A novella told from Raven's point of view, this fills in some of the blanks left in The Jewel since we only got to hear from Raven when she was with Violet. This novella takes a much darker and more gruesome view than I was expecting, but it serves well the purpose of showing the contrast between Raven's experience and Violet's.

The only thing that keeps this from being 5 stars is that I wish it had reached the point of Raven's pregnancy, but it stops before we discover that.

neisyslibrary's review against another edition

5.0

Honestly I feel like the whole trilogy should’ve been through Raven’s perspective, she really had a good motive to want to get rid of the royals, ( not that Violet didn’t ), I just feel like Raven’s story was more touching, there was more to it than Violet’s. Overall I really like this novela.

clarynathanwill's review against another edition

4.0

I really found this quite intriguing. It was awesome to see a different side from a different surrogate. On the other hand I found it a bit to short and I was slightly confused coming back into this world.

leesmeenu's review against another edition

3.0

3/5 Leuk boekje om te lezen als je fan bent van The Jewel.
Wat mij betreft had de tijdlijn van dit verhaal wat opgeschoven mogen worden, want hoe gruwelijk haar surrogaten leven was, daar wilde ik graag meer over weten.

missyansell's review against another edition

4.0

I am a person. I am Raven Stirling. They are monsters.

Part of the first book told from Violet's friend Raven.

bhav's review against another edition

2.0

This novella was really short and showed us Raven's story during the time of [b:The Jewel|16068780|The Jewel (The Lone City, #1)|Amy Ewing|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1392220609s/16068780.jpg|21861160] and to be honest, it felt pretty irrelevant. The book starts of with the main character being chosen as a surrogate and arriving at her new home. She then proceeds to disobey every, single thing her new Mistress tells her to do. And, I get why, the whole "rebelling against the system" thing, but it just caused a torturous continuation for her.

We then see a scene we already read where she finally sees Violet (the main character of the series) again, and I did a double-take at this part:

"A woman walks in. She wears a beautiful blue silk dress and has skin and eyes and hair like mine. I could care less about her because Violet is walking into the room behind her."

First, where are the commas in the second sentence and second,

"I could care less"

Seriously, shouldn't an editor be checking this and making sure mistakes like this don't get through?

Anyway, I'll still read the second book in the series but I definitely hope it's better than this story was.

m3l89's review against another edition

5.0

This was quite difficult to read. It was harsh and brutal but Raven had some hope to hold on to by the end.

kaixxx's review against another edition

3.0

This is a good short story in the series that shows the conditions that Raven lived in. Very different from the conditions that Violet lived in. It is a good story as it helps you understand what happened to Raven in the first story and how she ended up losing her memories. xx

hiallhyles's review against another edition

3.0

Nice to read some of Raven's story, but it was so short! I did not expect it to end so quickly, though I knew it was a novella.

delaney_de_spain's review

adventurous dark reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5